Circe

In order to tell Circe???s story, it is necessary to break away from the stories already told ??? include them, yes, consider them, but the author is not bound to them. Circe???s story is connected with and embedded in the greater matter of the Greek myths as a whole, it is true, but her thoughts, her opinions, are clearly her own. In writing Circe thus, and through her portraying the gods and heroes of Greek myth as she does, the author comments upon what it means to truly shape oneself, to become what one intends the self to be. It seems fitting, then, that since Circe is most know for works of transformation, of metamorphosis, this novel shows how those like Circe ??? those without power or agency of their own ??? can transform themselves in defiance of others.

But though such transformation is powerful and liberating, it is far, far from easy...

Why do the hard work? Because, at the end of it all, it is worth it. To know the freedom that comes with being able to shape one???s reality as one pleases ??? that is worth any amount of blood, and pain, and toil.

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